Bidirectional reflectivity in AVHRR Channel 3: Application to a region in Northern Africa

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 298-316

  Nerry, Françoise ^a   Petitcolin, François ^a   Stoll, Marc Philippe ^a  

^a Faculté de Médecine   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; RADIOMETERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR); BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTIVITY;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032311250     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00066-2     Document Type: Article

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